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01-03-2012, 10:00 AM
United States Mint Releases First Numismatic Set of New Year on January 10
01-02-2012 10:00 PM
http://www.usmint.gov/images/pressroom/default.jpg WASHINGTON - The United States Mint's first numismatic offering of the new year will be the 2012 United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof SetTM. The set - available for purchase starting at noon Eastern Time (ET) on January 10 - contains proof versions of the third set of five coins in the America the Beautiful Quarters Program struck in 90 percent silver. The coins bear reverse (tails side) designs honoring El Yunque National Forest (Puerto Rico), Chaco Culture National Historical Park (New Mexico), Acadia National Park (Maine), Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park (Hawaii) and Denali National Park and Preserve (Alaska). The obverse of the coins (heads side) features a restored version of the 1932 John Flanagan portrait of George Washington.
More... ( http://www.usmint.gov/pressroom/?action=press_release&id=1318 )
01-02-2012 10:00 PM
http://www.usmint.gov/images/pressroom/default.jpg WASHINGTON - The United States Mint's first numismatic offering of the new year will be the 2012 United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof SetTM. The set - available for purchase starting at noon Eastern Time (ET) on January 10 - contains proof versions of the third set of five coins in the America the Beautiful Quarters Program struck in 90 percent silver. The coins bear reverse (tails side) designs honoring El Yunque National Forest (Puerto Rico), Chaco Culture National Historical Park (New Mexico), Acadia National Park (Maine), Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park (Hawaii) and Denali National Park and Preserve (Alaska). The obverse of the coins (heads side) features a restored version of the 1932 John Flanagan portrait of George Washington.
More... ( http://www.usmint.gov/pressroom/?action=press_release&id=1318 )